Solaris In The Spotlight

InfoWorld
Sun Releases Solaris Upgrade Featuring Bundled App Server
Sun releases Solaris 9 12/02, which includes Sun ONE Application Server 7 and runs on Intel x86 hardware. Bill Moffitt, product line manager for Solaris, explains, "At the same time, we make sure [BEA] WebLogic Server 7 is included in the media kit with Solaris, which means people who prefer can simply take out and install the BEA application server."
SMP Marketing
Sun Microsystems' Role in Open Standards for Globalization
Recognizing that a networked computing environment would need to easily scale around the world, Sun has been an active participant in open standards activities for language computing protocols since its very early history.
CNET News.com
Sun Soups up Solaris 9
Sun Microsystems has released the first update of Solaris 9, its new version of the Unix operating system, with a feature to speed up Sun servers and to ensure network performance is up to snuff.
InfoWorld
Sun appeals to large server users with Solaris update
Sun Microsystems on Tuesday released an incremental upgrade of its Solaris Unix operating system for the Sparc platform, improving memory management and quality of service and adding developer versions of it portal and Web servers.
Just Published
Enterprise Security: Solaris Operating System Security Journal
This is a new book which compiles best practices and recommendations for securing the Solaris Operating System.
Breaking News
Sun ONE Application Services Reference Architecture
Sun has unveiled the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) based Application Services Reference Architecture to accelerate the deployment of services on demand. The Sun ONE Application Services Reference Architecture addresses the complexity, resource constraints and other web services deployment issues enterprises face by providing pre- designed, deployed, tested, tuned and documented web services solutions based on the Sun ONE architecture and Sun Fire servers.
news.com
The Present Future of Software
26 June 2002 Commentary by Anil Gadre, VP of Solaris. Computer operating systems are irrelevant, or should be to most people. The only people who should be concerned with the operating system are the chief information officer and the folks who manage network resources. They're the ones who have to deal with questions of availability, security, and scalability -- the capacity to grow without adding undue complexity.
Sun Net Event
Catch the replay of the Sun Net Event
Hear Sun CEO Scott McNealy and software executives Jonathan Schwartz and Anil Gadre explain how Sun's next generation software platform, including the recently launched Solaris 9 Operating Environment, can help you do more right now with every IT asset. [sun.com/sunonenetevent]
Breaking News
J2SE 1.4 for the Solaris Operating System Combined with Sun Fire 15K Server Set World Record for Performance
Sun's Performance Is Nearly Double That of IBM's Best Results in SPECjbb2000 Benchmark.
Breaking News
Sun earns certification for Trusted Solaris 8
Network World Fusion Sun built a more-secure version of its Solaris operating system, and after a full year of tests it has achieved the coveted "Common Criteria" certification.
Newsletter
BigAdmin Newsletter
The BigAdmin portal is launching a newsletter to keep SysAdmins informed about the latest developments on the site. The e-mail based newsletter will come out monthly. Sign up today!
Breaking News
Sun To Roll More Security Into the Solaris 9 OS
CRN The Solaris 9 Operating System will ship with an integrated enterprise-class firewall and role-based security.
BigAdmin
BigAdmin Xperts
Check out BigAdmin Xperts featuring James Falkner on Solaris OS Installation.
Now Available
Sun Management Center Platform Update 4
This download release includes the new Service Availability Manager, updated patches, and new Supplement modules for Sun server platforms, including Sun Fire 3800, 4800, 4810, 6800, and 15K.
Upgrade Now
Upgrading To The Solaris 9 Operating System
Learn more about the benefits of upgrading to the Solaris 9 Operating System.
Technical Brief
Now Available
Newsletter
Patch Club Report
The Patch Club Report is a weekly summary of all new and updated software patches for the Solaris Operating System. It's free to anyone who wants to keep current on new and updated patches. Now, you can have the Patch Club Report delivered to your e-mail inbox each week.
BigAdmin
New section on BigAdmin
The BigAdmin Portal has just launched a new section which highlights products of interest to the Sys Admin community. You may also submit your favorite products to be included in the directory.
Early Access
Forte Developer 7 Early Access Software
Preview the future direction for Sun's development tools and experience an IDE with a single look and feel for a multi-language development environment that is based on the NetBeans Tools Platform.
Article
Sun readies Solaris counterpunch to .Net
InfoWorld To us, it's not just about the operating system; it's about managing the total environment," says Andy Ingram, Sun director of marketing for enterprise server products.
Now Available
Service Availability Manager
Available for Sun Management Center 3.0.
Guided Tours
Solaris Product Line Guided Tours
Take one of our online guided tours today!
Discussion Forum
Discuss Configuring & Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform
Online discussion forum with Sun engineer, Allan N. Packer, author of Configuring & Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform. Database professionals can take this opportunity to ask questions relating to optimizing the performance and cost-effectiveness of virtually any database application running on the Solaris platform.
Article
Sun working on quick-change servers
CNET News.com Called iChange, the project--a concept at this point, not a product--is intended to help Sun reduce the complexity customers face when running large collections of servers, said Anil Gadre, general manager of Sun's Solaris operating system group.
Sun BluePrints
Sun BluePrints Online features 4 new articles The Intelligent Architectures Design Philosophy, Developing a Security Policy, Configuring Boot Disks, and Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 Security: with the Apache and iPlanet Web and Messaging Agents.
EOL Announcement
J2SE 1.3.0
Java 2 Standard Edition 1.3.0 has now completed the Sun End of Life process. These products are no longer supported by Sun. For developer requirements, all products that have completed the EOL transition period have moved to the Java Archive area. Users should upgrade to current product versions.